Conquer the top of Mt. Fansipan
Duration: 03 days/04 nights
Tour route:Hanoi – Lao Cai – Sapa – Fansipan – Sapa – Lao Cai – Hanoi
Feature: Sapa is renowned for its trekking, with South East Asia´s highest peak, Mt. Fansipan (3,143 m) providing the perfect backdrop for some great trekking routes. This 3 day trek with outdoor camping offers all of the challenges and rewards of any hike. And, at the summit you be one of the few to have reached up and touched the clouds marking the roof of Indochina.
Hard trekking, big adventure, private tour, 2 nights on train, 2 nights camping on Fansipan mountain, 1 hotel night in Sapa town,
Night1: Hanoi – Lao Cai
Origin Travel car will pick you up at your hotel and transfer to Hanoi train station for the night train to Lao Cai station.Sleep on the train soft sleeper with A/C 4 berth cabin.
Included: Car / van, train ticket,
Day1: Sapa – Fansipan
Arrival to Laocai station is scheduled at 6:00 am The train arrives in Lao Cai at about 6.00 a.m, Origin team will welcome you by sign reading: Origin Travel. We drive up to Sapa about 50 minutes on Car / Van, you will be taken to a small guesthouse for a morning showers then your breakfast at a local restaurant here.
After breakfast & short morning beak and have some last preparation for the challenging hike. Transfer by Car / Van to the starting point at Tram Ton Pass which is 15 km from Sapa town. Start hiking through the jungle and rain forest and trekking along wild streams along the way. Stop for break and picnic lunch in the middle of evergreen forest.
More hike onto the elevation of about 2700 meters. Local H’mong porters will help us to set up a camping base and put on a fire. Dinner will be served by the fire. And overnight in the camps.
Included: Car / van, entrance fee(s), Camp, porter, tour guide, permits, all meals
Day 2: Summit and conquer Mt. Fansipan
Breakfast at the first sign of daylight then final preparations for today, the longest day of hiking to the summit of Mt. Fansipan.
The first section is steep and very challenging as we weave our way through the bamboo forests. At some points we are even forced to use ropes and harnesses for safety.
We are rewarded with all our hardships forgotten and with the impression of standing on the top of Indochina. After a picnic lunch and a rest at the summit, we begin our descent to base camp.
Clean off and refresh at a mountain stream while our Hmong porters set up camp and prepare dinner. Overnight again under the stars with the satisfaction of the day’s accomplishment.
Included: Camp, porter, tour guide, permits, all meals
Day 3: Back down to Sapa. Overnight in Hotel
Upon leaving the camping base, we begin walking downhill back to Sapa Town. The steep trail is somewhat arduous but we have a chance to get some fantastic views over the surrounding mountains to the valley and the quite villages in the far distance.
Picnic lunch on the way then we will get picked up in Sin Chai village and transferred back to Sapa town. Check in hotel free time to explore the small mountain town and dinner on your own a restaurant. Overnight in a hotel in Sapa town.
Included: Car / van, entrance fee(s), tour guide,hotel, permits, all meals,
Day 4: Sapa free day then train to Hanoi
Wake up in Sapa town, breakfast at the hotel then enjoy the morning with some of your new friends that you may have met the afternoon before. You have the entire day for free time and visiting the lively markets. Some suggestions on your own include a visit to the orchid gardens of Dragon Mountain, or a day trek to Sin Chai village. In late afternoon depart from your hotel for the Lao Cai train station at 5:30 pm. The train leaves Lao Cai at 8:15 pm and arrives after a pleasant sleep in your first class, shared, AC soft berth to Hanoi at about 5:00 am.
Why book this tour with Origin Vietnam ?
- Trek/walk on the roads less traveled,
- Home-stay at the Dao’s ethnic minority or H’mong ethnic minority
- Attention to your personal needs before and after the trek
- Origin Travel bring you SEE and KNOW the Original of Vietnamese people’s culture, tradition, customs and habits…
- Origin works to help local communities by sharing the benefits of RESPONSIBLE TOURISM
S.S is used for Single Supplement: A surcharge added to the cost per person when one want to have her/his own room.
Costs are $US NET. Subject to 3% surcharge if paid by credit cards or 2% on travellers’ cheque.
Inclusion: See inclusive items listed after each day
Exclusion: Visa, Insurance, drinks, personal expenses, others not mentioned in details, tips are welcome!
What to bring: Passport, change of clothes, sun-glasses & hat, toiletries, sun-block, insect repellent, flashlights, good shoes, personal first aid kit & medicines, small VND notes for buying drinks. If you feel the need then sleeping bags, cable lock for your bags is recommended.
Notes:
Home-stay condition is very basic, please expect the simple things,
Meals: Vietnam food.
Guide: English speaking guide (on site).
AC soft sleeper train to Sapa, please see our FAQs on Sapa Travel FAQs
Please travel responsibly: The small things you do will make a big difference!
Time to travel: Good to travel year round but best from September to April.
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